The Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP) held its 8th Annual General Meeting on 17 March 2016 at the Singapore Management University (SMU). The following members have been elected to the Executive Committee for the year 2016/2017.

With the vast information ongoing during the Black Hat Asia conference, we feels that pre-conference preparation is important to enhance your conference experience.

A pre-BlackHat preparation has been always in the mind-set for most Black Hat attendees; “ if I only have to research more on the topics, I would be able to have a greater discussion with the speakers ……”

Therefore, IPv6 Forum (Singapore Chapter) will be hosting a half day Pre-Conference skill-up seminar which aims to help prior to Black Hat Asia 2016.

In this seminar, we would aid the conference attendees to prepare and stay abreast of the latest knowledge in the constantly evolving cyber security industry. We are inviting cyber professionals to share on the latest information and to debate topics critical to cyber security.

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The All ’Bout Security and Forensics Seminar (previously All ’Bout Security Seminar) is an annual student-driven initiative which seeks to promote overall awareness in Information Security & Forensics through a series of talks conducted by industry professionals and experts. It is organised by students from Temasek Polytechnic’s Diploma in Cyber & Digital Security and Diploma in Digital Forensics.

A range of talks by IT security professionals encompassing the field of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics will be presented during the seminar. Furthermore, this year there will be guided workshop. The seminar & workshop is open to the public so professionals and students alike have the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience from experts.

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Black Hat is excited to be returning to Asia in 2016, and we have quite an event in store. Here the brightest professionals and researchers in the industry will come together for two days of deeply technical hands-on Trainings, followed by two days of the latest research and vulnerability disclosure during the Black Hat Briefings.

Driven by the needs of the security community, Black Hat inspires professionals at all career levels encouraging growth and collaboration among academia, world-class researchers, and leaders in the public and private sectors.

Black Hat Asia will take place March 29 – April 1, 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

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The rising volume and complexity of attacks present a vicious cycle of challenges for organizations in South East Asia, and makes speed and efficiency critical.

With a rapidly expanding attack surface, defenders need to win on visibility into events, simplified management, and capabilities that empower teams to close the loop on attacks in progress - faster, more effectively, and with fewer resources.

Join us for the 2016 Intel Security Innovation Forum on 21 April in Singapore to understand how to evolve your security posture by leveraging innovative solutions to effectively block threats, identify compromises and remediate faster.

Event Date: Thursday, 21 April 2016
Event Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Venue: Rooms 324-326, Level 3 @ Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre (Registration & Exhibition @ Concourse 1-2, Level 3)

For more information, please visit here.

Cyber Security for Critical Information Infrastructure Asia brings together top-notch case studies from government organizations and commercial enterprises from core CI (utilities, finance, telcos, transport) to share on collaboration for sustainable critical information infrastructure protection in the face of increasingly advanced threats and also cyber-terrorism and hacktivism.

These include CISOs from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (US), Cyber Security Malaysia, Taiwan CERT, VNCERT, as well as key industry leaders such as Prudential, Bank of America, Virgin Australia, Telstra, SBS Transit, and Meralco.

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Sign up now for this Cyber Risk Summit where experts will share new industry knowledge about Cyber Risks in this vastly-evolving digital age.

The Summit will provide participants with key industry knowledge on the massive exposures, real and hidden threats and to provide an interactive platform to discuss the critical issues in Cyber and proactive solutions to manage Cyber risks. The Summit will also discuss how Insurance companies and buyers of Insurance can be Cyber-Resilient and how information-sensitive and information-intensive data should be protected.

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RSA Conference 2016 Asia Pacific & Japan is the platform for information security professionals to learn about the industry's most important issues, from both the global and Asia Pacific perspectives, share best practices and network with industry peers.

The event will run from 20 - 22 July 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

In 2016, the Conference will feature 5 conference tracks:

Cloud, Mobile, and IoT Security
eFraud and Law Enforcement
Global Perspectives
Security Strategy & Data Security
Threats and Threat Actors

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The (ISC)2 Security Congress APAC 2016, co-hosted with Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), will be held on July 25-26 in Bangkok, Thailand. Join more than 350 InfoSec professionals for 2 days of insightful discourse and a post-congress technical workshop as over 30 International speakers representing academia, government and industry from Americas and Asia discuss emerging threats, best practices, and solutions to challenges.

Themed as ‘Advancing Security Leaders’, this year’s conference features 6 tracks:

Security, Sustainability & Integrity

Critical National Information Infrastructure & Industrial Control System

Cloud Computing

Government & Law Enforcement

Mobile Device Management & Internet of Things

Student Track

Early Bird Price: USD 255 (Ends June 15)

Standard 2-Day Pass: USD 300

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Come attend a 1-day workshop on two pertinent topics - Money Laundering (ML) and Technology Risk Management. With reference to the recent ML incidents, this workshop provides a view on how some banks leverage on technology and management disciplines as part of their risk and control measures and some key lessons learned.

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HITB GSEC is back in Singapore in Singapore for the second year – The only deep knowledge security conference where the power of talk selection is in YOUR HANDS. Meet and network not only with the speakers you vote for but grow your professional network as well! AiSP members enjoy a discount of SGD200 and pay only SGD999 for access to the 2-day conference! Register with YOUR COMPANY NAME / AiSP-GSEC2016.

This year's event takes place at the InterContinental on the 25th and 26th of August with an all-women keynote lined up featuring Katie Moussouris (formerly from Hacker One), Erin Jacobs from Urbane Security and Fabienne Serriere a hacker, maker and Founder of KnitYak – a kickstarter funded company that aims to bring scriptable custom one-off knitwear to everyone.

For more information, please visit here.

The IoT Show Asia will focus on four key B2B IoT applications: Smart Factories, Smart Cities, Logistics and Worksites. The event will highlight the need for innovation, for partnerships and for actual project deployment.

Deployment. Live end-user projects will be presented in the two-day executive conference.

Innovation. New start-ups as well as existing players will be showcasing the latest technology innovations on the exhibition floor.

Partnerships. The entire eco-system will be brought together: platforms, integrators, networks and infrastructure, sensors, devices, data analysts, regulators, financiers and start-ups.

This is The IoT Show Asia's second year, and building on a very successful launch in 2015, we are anticipating in excess of 1,500 attendees from across Asia. This year the show will be co-located with two complementary events: The Commercial UAV Show and The Smart Machine Show.

For more information, please visit here.

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) is proud to present the inaugural Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) 2016. The SICW is built around the annual GovernmentWare (GovWare) cyber conference and exhibition. The theme “Building a secure and resilient digital future through partnership” is chosen to reflect Singapore’s desire to strengthen our digital future through building robust local and international partnerships. The SICW platform aims to bring together policy makers, thought leaders, cybersecurity professionals and innovators.

For more information, please visit here.

Cloud Expo Asia is the biggest and best attended cloud industry event in Asia. Now entering its fourth year, Cloud Expo Asia has consistently stayed on the cutting edge of a rapidly changing and advancing industry by attracting the world’s leading cloud technology suppliers, and international expert speakers and practitioners.

This year’s event will attract 13,000 senior IT professionals, deliver an unrivalled line-up of 300 world-class exhibitors, thousands of hours of free content from 300 international practitioners and peerless networking opportunities.

New and major 2016 show features includes Smart IoT Singapore, Women in Technology Panel, Start Up Focus and FinTech streams as well as Asia’s first ever live Green Data Centre at co-located show, Data Centre World.

The award-winning event is co-located with Data Centre World and new launch event, Cloud Security Expo – FREE access with the same ticket, providing comprehensive solutions for professionals in one location. Register for your FREE ticket now:

Into its fifth edition, the GTACS 2018 programme will focus on addressing cybersecurity risk challenges of the digital economy and sharing best practices to effectively managing cybersecurity risk. Join us today at GTACS 2018!

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In line with the market’s changing demands for increased connectivity between daily functions, governments and industry stakeholders have shifted their focus to integrating infrastructure that facilitates IoT adoption. Co-located with BuildTech Asia, B-IOT Asia Exhibition and Conference provides the ideal platform for interconnectivity between the various verticals in the IoT value chain for the built environment industry. The inaugural 3-day B-IoT Asia exhibition provides a dedicated platform focusing on the evolution of Asia’s built environment sector whilst accelerating the Smart home industry and the IoT market in Asia Pacific.

Organised by Sphere Exhibits Pte Ltd and HOMDEX Corporation, B-IoT Asia 2016 is accompanied by a two-day conference featuring industry experts who will explore the challenges and future opportunities for industry development reviewing areas such as the building IOT landscape in ASEAN, big data analytics in smart cities to design, construction and operation of the SMART ecosystem in the built environment sector as well as a look at real-time energy management in the quest to combine sustainability and economic realities.

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AiSP is pleased to announce that the CREST Examination Sharing Session as well as Q&A will be delivered by CREST’s assessors.

We invite all aspiring penetration testers to attend this session to have better insights. The details are as follow:

Date : 16 December 2016
Time : 7:00 pm
Venue : AiSP Office 116 Changi Road #04-03 WIS@Changi Singapore 419718

As space is limited, admission is by confirmed registration only and payment is as follows:

AiSP Members (Ordinary & Associate) : Free
AiSP Members (Academic Partnership Programme & Company Sponsorship Programme) : Free
AiSP Members (Affiliate) : $10.70
Non-Members : $32.10

Note: The fees are in Singapore dollars and inclusive of GST.

Note that the amount paid will be offset against the CREST exam fee (CRT & CCT) upon successful CREST Exam registration. Payment must be made before 14 December 2016.

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Cybertech Global Events proudly presents Cybertech Asia 2018 which will take place on March 27-28 in Singapore, held in conjunction with Experia Events Pte Ltd, Singapore's leading conference and trade show management company.

A 2-day conference and exhibition, Cybertech Asia 2018 will present commercial problem solving strategies and solutions for the global cyber threat that meet the diverse challenges for a wide range of sectors: finance transportation, utilities, defense, R&D, manufacturing, telecommunication, health and government. It brings together leading multi-national corporates, SMB's, start-ups, private and corporate investors, venture capital firms, experts, and clients, providing provides attendees with a unique and special opportunity for Business to Business interaction and get acquainted with the latest innovations and solutions featured by the international cyber community.

In addition to the conference plenary sessions and main exhibition hall, Cybertech Asia in Singapore will also feature the renowned Cybertech Startup Pavilion, exclusive round-table networking sessions and technical training workshops.

For more information, please visit here.

Digital Enterprise Architecture Seminar 2018 is co-organised by Singapore Computer Society and IASA (The Global Association of IT Architects) that brings together local partners and communities, International and local industry leaders and practitioners to share on the best practices that are essential for the success of digital enterprises and it will explore on the business strategies, competencies, tools, and techniques required for Enterprise Architecture Leadership and Adoption, and how these insights can be applied to organisations’ goals and needs.

For more information, please visit here.

For enquiries or to RSVP, please contact Ms. Audrey Loke (IASA APAC) at [email protected] or call +65 6386 0332.

The annual Asia Risk & Resilience Conference (ARRC) is in its 16th year running and was rebranded from the Asia Business Continuity Conference (ABCC) in 2016. The ARRC is a premier regional networking and knowledge-sharing platform for industry representatives and professionals from around the world to further their knowledge and get to know the trends in Business Continuity Management, Emergency Management, Resiliency and other related areas such as Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Terrorism, Cyber-Security and others.

Visit the conference website at www.arrconference.com or email us at [email protected] for more information.

A joint seminar organised by AiSP and HTCIA, featuring Mr Tan Kean Siong and Mr Goh Siong Por who will be sharing on topic of "IoT Army - Poking Botnets with a Honeypot" and "Crypto currency Mining - Hacking for Profit" respectively.

• Friday, 24 August 2018 / 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• KPMG Level 3 (Cyber Ignition Centre),
      16 Raffles Quay Hong Leong Building (take the Carpark lift to level 3 Cyber Ignition Centre),
      Singapore 048581

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Who let the dog’s out? Ring in the Year of the Dog with our joint event for AiSP, (ISC)2 Singapore Chapter and itSMF. Join us as we toss the traditional Yee Sang/Loh Hei and enjoy all the blessings of the coming year. Chinese New year is a time for family and friendship. Our community of cyber and information security folks continues to grow and support one another. Social networking events like these are a great opportunity to meet your fellow practitioners and get to know one another. Renew old relationships and reinforce the goodwill while enjoying a sumptuous buffet. For all you know, a new idea or opportunity knocks at your door.

And most of all, have fun!

This is a member’s only event. Free admission for members of AiSP, (ISC)2, and itSMF.

• 8 February 2018, 6:30pm
• James Cook University,
      149 Sims Drive,
      Singapore 387380

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The inaugural Cybersecurity Awards 2018 and Gala Dinner cumulated to a very positive crescendo on 23rd February 2018.

Graced by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information and the Minister-in-charge of Cyber Security and attended by over 300 participants comprising of government officials, Institutes of Higher Learning, Associations, Vendors and Professionals from the cybersecurity world, the winners were announced under the following categories:

• 1) Jeremy Heng Wen Ming, Student
• 2) Custodio Technologies Pte Ltd, SME
• 3) Tan Jingwei, Professional
• 4) EMC Computer Systems (South Asia) Pte Ltd, MNC
• 5) Dr Lim Woo Lip, Leader
• 6) Prof Yu Chien Siang, Hall of Fame

Our congratulations to all winners. A big thank you to all sponsors and all those that helped in making the event a very successful one.

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The Annual CIFI Security Summit takes place all over the world, Asia, Europe, Australia & North America. These summits are both conferences and exhibitions bringing together leading security experts from around the globe to discuss Cyber Intelligence, Cloud Security, Advanced Threat and Cyber Investigations. This is the only event of its kind that will run simultaneous streams featuring c-suite roundtables, cyber security seminars, panel discussions, digital investigation workshops and technology showcase sessions.

• Engage with leading security experts and the lessons they've learned along the way
• Explore a roadmap of solutions available to you
• Discuss trends and issues in driving cyber security
• Deep dive into the top ten topics featured in CIFI worldwide:
• Threat Intelligence
• Cloud Security
• Computer and Mobile Forensic
• Incident Response and Investigation
• Malware Analysis
• Information and Endpoint Security
• Data Privacy
• IOT
• Cyber Attack
• - OSINT

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Introduction Smart cities, connected worlds and a sea of data. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a game changer, with the interconnection of computing devices enabling new possibilities in automation and the management of resources. From cities where electronic devices are used to monitor consumption, reduce costs and interface between citizens and government, to stores that send notifications to restock when low on a product, the applications of IoT are immense.

Gartner estimates by 2020 there will be 26 billion devices connected to the internet. For organisations, the IoT poses new risks in data governance and cyber security.

Objective CSCSS runs a program, Strategic Technologies Program that conducts research on technology, evolution, innovation, and advancement and its impact on effective information policies as well as economic and national security. Thus via this Program, CSCSS intends be engage the industry as part of our think tank capability to develop accurate and timely strategic insights in IoT that will be useful in decision making in address IoT strategy, worldwide.

This program convenes leadership from the entire major industry sectors and government to provide an advanced level of discourse that focuses on the advancement of new technologies, their impact, and the interplay between national and international requirements, and links to broader economic and security and cyber policy.

The World IoT Security Congress Singapore 2018 As such, we have decided to create a new platform, the “World IoT Security Congress”, that will through a series of activities, build Point of Presences (PoP) across the world that will establish CSCSS think tank capability in region, in country to be in a better position to provide more efficient and effective communication of our cyber-centric approach to managing the cyberspace from sphere of influences and different theatres of operations.

This conference on 19 September will serve to fire the first salvo in Asia Pacific, establishing ourselves as the premium IoT security event that leverages on our Think Tank capabilities that aim to bring together global expertise an the IoT industry to provide discourse and leadership dedicated to developing IoT understanding, best practice methodologies, standards, processes and solutions that meet the needs of industry today and in the future, globally by enabling the understanding of industry trends, demonstrating the state of IoT, developing and maintaining international best practices and standards; and lastly forecasting the IoT environment of the future.

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Safeguard your future and master the skills to navigate the depths of the dark web and cyber threats at Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, Singapore 2018 – Asia’s fastest growing IT security show. The industry-leading show is co-located with heavyweight tech events – Cloud Expo Asia, Big Data World, Smart IoT Singapore, Data Centre World and a new launch show, eCommerce Expo Asia.

Don’t get bitten. Learn everything you need to stay safe in an increasingly hostile digital environment. Discover the best-of-breed technologies from over 70 leading technology providers such as Barracuda, Carbon Black, Centrify, LogRhythm, Netpoleon, Sophos, Qualys, Watchguard, Zscaler. Hear from over 100+ world-class security expert speakers, network with more than 15,000 who have experienced and overcome security challenges like you.

Whether you represent a small start-up or a vast corporation, securing your network, data, platforms and most importantly your business, should not be an afterthought.

For more information, please visit here. Secure your FREE tickets here.

As an IT leader, technology governance, keeping security apace with transformation agendas and increasing regulations are all critical factors for making your organisation secure and business-efficient.

Join marcus evans' Cyber Security 2-day forum, is gathering CIOs, CISOs and IT divisions worldwide in Singapore to address critical issues in compliance, threat intelligence and high-level cyber security strategy.

The region’s leaders will be sharing their insights and best practices on critical areas in data integrity, cyber compliance, boardroom buy-in, zero-day, anti-hacker, productivity versus security and much more.

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ABOUT SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CYBER WEEK (SICW)

Into its 27th showing, GovernmentWare (GovWare) is the region’s most established premier conference and showcase for cybersecurity. GovWare is the cornerstone event for the Singapore International Cyber Week. Featuring the latest trends in technology, organisational implementation and user perspectives, GovWare attracts practitioners to network, discuss and collaborate on all things cybersecurity.

With a speaker faculty of over 100 government officials, thought leaders, visionaries, technology experts and industry professionals, and over 100 exhibitors and sponsors, the event is the leading platform for practical, focused and unbiased knowledge on cybersecurity.

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Black Hat Asia returns to the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, March 20-23, 2018. InfoSec professionals from around the world will gather for a range of highly technical Trainings and thought-provoking Briefings. Multiple 2-day courses and a new 4-day technical Training open the show March 20-23, followed by the main conference March 22-23 featuring ground-breaking research presented in the Briefings, leading security solutions and products in the Business Hall, and cutting-edge, open-source tool demonstrations at Arsenal. Network with the industry's top talent and stay up to date on the latest vulnerabilities, disclosures and in-demand security skills.

AiSP members receive 15% discount. Check your inbox for the discount code.

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The Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP) held its 10th Annual General Meeting on 26 March 2018 at AiSP Office. We are pleased to inform you that the following members have been elected to the Executive Committee for the term 2018/2019.